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Pope Leo XIV Social Justice

Pope Leo at 300 Days: ‘Vatican II, Part Two’

More than 300 days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is being described by a longtime Catholic social justice scholar as a man who understands that faith must be lived in the world, not sealed off from it. Source: Common Home TV.

Bishops Social Justice

Bishops Commission meeting covers wide-ranging agenda

Social services, international aid, health and aged care were on the agenda for the annual meeting of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Cost Of Living Social Justice

Vinnies welcomes Bishops’ Social Justice Statement 

As inflation and interest rates rise, the St Vincent de Paul Society has welcomed the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s latest Social Justice Statement, which highlights the worsening cost‑of‑living crisis facing millions of people on low and modest incomes.

Bishops Social Justice

Bishops seek focus on cost-of-living crisis

Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged courage and tenderness in addressing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis. Source: ACBC Media Blog.

Opinion Social Justice

Society fails to uphold basic human rights to shelter and health care

This year’s Social Justice Statement invites people to look beyond themselves and their immediate relationships, and to focus on those for whom God has a special care, writes Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ. Source: Eureka Street.

Bishops Social Justice

Bishops hope social justice statement ‘finds a place in people’s hearts’

Townsville Bishop Tim Harris hopes this year’s Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Social Justice Statement will not sit on a shelf but “find a place in people’s hearts”. Source: Catholic Voice.

Bishops Social Justice

Signs of hope in social justice statement

The experience of people living with the challenges of homelessness and mental ill-health has been highlighted in the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s 2025 Social Justice Statement.

Ministry Social Justice

Prison ministry offers support Inside and Outside

Kairos Prison Ministry, which has provided support and programs for over 10,000 individuals affected by incarceration across Australia, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Source: Catholic Voice.

Social Justice Youth

Australians join YCW centenary celebrations in Brussels

Australian Young Christian Workers have joined international YCW members, past and present, in Belgium to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the movement.